Academic and Professional Preparation

Most students seeking the master’s degree in MIS have undergraduate degrees in business, management, computer information systems, computer science, public administration, or related fields in the social sciences. Many also have MIS professional experience.

Regardless of prior academic experience or major, all students admitted to the degree program will have to clearly demonstrate that they have attained the knowledge associated with the following courses:

• Business Statistics
  May be satisfied by completing UCSP 630 with approval of the program director.
• College Algebra
• Economics (macroeconomics or microeconomics)
  May be satisfied by completing UCSP 621 with approval of the program director.
• Management
  May be satisfied by completing MGMT 501 or MGMT 511, which may count as an elective.
• Programming Language
• Quantitative Methods
  May be satisfied by completing MGMT 585, which may count as an elective.

Demonstrating the attainment of this knowledge may be accomplished by submitting official undergraduate or military transcripts and/or submitting official scores from standardized exams such as CLEP and DANTES.

Students are encouraged to contact the MIS program director by e-mail at gradmis@ed.umuc.edu, telephone, or in person to discuss admission qualifications. During their first two terms, students shall submit to the MIS program director a plan on meeting prerequisite conditions not yet satisfied.